Kensico 09/04/11

[fishkiller01]

hit the kensico today reach the area #10 at 12.00pm water is still low kind of pain in the a$$ to launch the boat .i was thingking to do some bass fish first than trout but it was kind windy so paddle straight to trout ground turn my FF on activity right way school of laker at 90ft  5 min later hook one 20" than follow by another one 21 1/2" they were kind moving fast . on second drift my buddy lopez caught one fat 24" than jay hook one all way at the bottom small fella 19".made  couple move around the dam to scout some area found some structure than my buddy lopez started jigging bucktail within few minutes he hook one nice 25" than 5 min later he hook another on 28" his PB what a fight pick another 2  at the end,all together we nailed 10 laker 3SM and lost one pretty big one !!!!!!

[jager61]

Beautiful lakers Killa'! Those bigger ones are a lot of fun when you jig them off the bottom! Congrats on a great outing!

Mike

[lionpshark]

Nice Fish Im shocked that you get to bite throughout the afternoon time. are you using bait at all or are you mostly jigging lures?

[jager61]

Manny, based on everything I've read over the years regarding Laker behavior and from time spent on the water/ice,  lakers are for the most part, day time feeders and go dormant during dark hours. That being said, there are definite periods during the day when they suddenly "turn off" and go dormant as well. They resume the feed just as quickly however even during the middle of the afternoon. The suspended lakers always seem to be the more aggressive fish.

Mike

[fishkiller01]

Nice Fish Im shocked that you get to bite throughout the afternoon time. are you using bait at all or are you mostly jigging lures?

thanks mike & manny !!!!

manny i have two setup one with jig and other one with bait a soon i see some activity on FF ,we start jigging immediately & mike is right the suspended lakers always seem to be the more aggressive fish.they don't play around with jig they hit it hard .

[JulesArcher]

Nice job Killer!  Looks like another great day for you!

By the way, how's that new FF working for you?

[KenH]

fishkiller, good job getting the big ones.
Did you happen to weigh the 28 incher?
It had to be between 6-8 lbs depending
on the body.

[Big AB]

Nice catch guys a great day of fishing.

[fishkiller01]

Nice job Killer!  Looks like another great day for you!

By the way, how's that new FF working for you?

it's a great FF ,so far no complain !!

[fishkiller01]

fishkiller, good job getting the big ones.
Did you happen to weigh the 28 incher?
It had to be between 6-8 lbs depending
on the body.

hey ken my buddy call me in the morning and he told me fish weight 6.9oz he wasn't fat like previous one.i have a question my buddy told me two of the fish had eggs,do lakers reproudce naturaly in kensico??

[KenH]

fishkiller, good job getting the big ones.
Did you happen to weigh the 28 incher?
It had to be between 6-8 lbs depending
on the body.

hey ken my buddy call me in the morning and he told me fish weight 6.9oz he wasn't fat like previous one.i have a question my buddy told me two of the fish had eggs,do lakers reproudce naturaly in kensico??

Ok Thanks. The body types of Lakers vary widely. A Fat fish can weight 1-2 lbs more than a long skinny one. The skinniest big Laker I ever caught was 29 inches and only 6 lbs 2 oz. To answer your question, yes the Lakers reproduce naturally in Kensico and 98/99% of Lakers caught are born there.
 

[fishkiller01]

fishkiller, good job getting the big ones.
Did you happen to weigh the 28 incher?
It had to be between 6-8 lbs depending
on the body.

hey ken my buddy call me in the morning and he told me fish weight 6.9oz he wasn't fat like previous one.i have a question my buddy told me two of the fish had eggs,do lakers reproduce naturally in kensico??

Ok Thanks. The body types of Lakers vary widely. A Fat fish can weight 1-2 lbs more than a long skinny one. The skinniest big Laker I ever caught was 29 inches and only 6 lbs 2 oz. To answer your question, yes the Lakers reproduce naturally in Kensico and 98/99% of Lakers caught are born there.

thanks for the info i kind of feel really bad now    i guss we won't target them until next year!!!!! ok one more question normally when does laker started having eggs ?

[KenH]

I hope you don't feel bad about the Lakers having eggs. The Kensico Laker
program has been far more succesful than the DEC had intended and the result has been an overpopulation of Lakers along with diminishing Browns.
Believe it or not Kensico used be well known as a Brown trout fishery years ago. The fact that very large Lakers seem to have become more scarce in recent years may also be the influence of an overabundance of small Lakers.
Because of the overpopulation of Lakers, the DEC reduced the minimum creel size down from 21" to 18" a couple of years ago in an effort to increase harvesting. Female Lakers have roe (eggs) in them all year round, when this
years eggs bigger and close to "ripe" in Late August band September, they already have next years eggs developing underneath, which are visible.

[reservoirdog]

Hey Fishkiller

Way to go NICELY DONE!!!!! A little late on the post but congrats .

[fishkiller01]

I hope you don't feel bad about the Lakers having eggs. The Kensico Laker
program has been far more succesful than the DEC had intended and the result has been an overpopulation of Lakers along with diminishing Browns.
Believe it or not Kensico used be well known as a Brown trout fishery years ago. The fact that very large Lakers seem to have become more scarce in recent years may also be the influence of an overabundance of small Lakers.
Because of the overpopulation of Lakers, the DEC reduced the minimum creel size down from 21" to 18" a couple of years ago in an effort to increase harvesting. Female Lakers have roe (eggs) in them all year round, when this
years eggs bigger and close to "ripe" in Late August band September, they already have next years eggs developing underneath, which are visible.

hey ken thanks for the info really appreciated it !!!!! so what u think about brown population in kensico what would u rate 1-10 scale.